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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53583

The official Battlefield 2 website has a new community update, offering a partial list of changes for the upcoming 1.3 patch. Two new features will be added as well:

- Co-op: Co-op Mode allows you to play Single Player levels on the Internet and LAN with both AI controlled bots and human players. Several new

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xxxx · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

I can barely tolerate BF2 anymore, it's just totally rediculous how long it takes to join a game. I mean, close to 5 mins and 2x longer if you change 'a' setting.. I thought BF1942 took a long time... The only real reason I don't play BF2 or Special Forces is the join time is just totally stupid..Joining a server is not the only thing either, it's joining a server where people are more interested in doing other things and you have to make that hard choice to leave and join another server. They should really fix this, I see this as a huge problem with the game and it likely turns off a lot of people.

miglaugh · Elite Member Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 367

Bingo!!!

I was a fan of BF1942 the day it came out, same with the expansions and even vietnam. I loved how they added vehicles to the fps multiplayer genre. If only operation flashpoint had had a multiplayer maybe it would've taken off in the same way.

I grew tired of BF2 a lot quicker than I should have, and the load times were the kicker. Didn't care much for the RPG-esq ranking system either, but would've dealt with it if I could play when I wanted to, not 10 minutes later.

I know the 2 are nothing alike, and say what you will about steam, but with CS you can start the game and join a server in a minute. Nothing worse than having to sit there for 5 or more minutes while it "calculates" shaders because you changed your resolution or altered a setting. Even on a A64 3500+ system with raided raptors it still took forever, now WTF is that all about?

djRom · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:

CO-OP!!!!! Finally!!!!! Smile

th4t1guy · Senior Member Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 282

If you want it to load quicker, make sure you have at least 2 gigs of ram, and if it's still too slow, get a faster harddrive.

gordho · Contributor Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

vehicle drops? this is ea scrambling to add new features in order to beat quake wars to the punch. don't get me wrong, i love the idea. the 1.2 patch is what put me off bf2. introduced way too many bugs and just down right frustration. once some of the decent mods come out i will definitly be firing the game back up. fh2, where are you!!!!

xxxx · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:47 am Post subject:

yeah thats true th4t1guy, and i forgot -to make it work even faster, remove the movies.. logo and crap.. even the ingame movies loads in half the time..

I was talking just about joinining a server. i have 2gigs of ram and sata300, how much faster is there?

xxxx · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:48 am Post subject:

gordho

ea already had vehicle drops or vehicle pickup before in bf or vietnam or whatever.. it's not new and quakewars didnt beat anyone to anything..and thats not saying anything bad about quake wars.

gordho · Contributor Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

hmmm, i don't remember there being vehicle drops in any prior bf series. personally, i thought it was pretty compelling when i heard about this feature in quake wars and that was why it sparked some negativity from me when i saw that ea was putting it in bf2.

th4t1guy · Senior Member Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 282

Well, if you only had 1 gig of ram, the loading times would be about twice as long. Getting a raid setup would also make it faster. I really don't have any problems with the loading times, but if it's taking 5 minutes to join a game, even with it having to optimize shaders, then there's something wrong with your computer...

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nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Very much agree miglaugh, the load times drive me freaking nuts. CS opens and gets onto a server as fast as you can load up solitaire. Quite a few times I had the "urge" to play BF2 only to be bored out of skull while I wait for it load. Then just play for 5mins after which I am left feeling kind of odd. And yes 2gigs of ram and a raptor here too Sad

xxxx · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject:

gordho, bf vietnam basically had vehicle drops.

http://www.zzz.com.ru/data/articles/issue_191/bf_vietnam_carrying_tank.jpg

http://helosim.com/bf1.jpg

http://www.eurogamer.net/assets/articles/a52560/a_med_ScreenShot7.JPG

just to refresh your memory.